books by Douglas Wolk

books by Douglas Wolk

books:

Douglas Wolk

Da Capo Best Music Writing 2000: The Year's Finest Writing on Rock, Pop, Jazz, Country, and More

Douglas Wolk, Peter Guralnick

Da Capo Press, 2000

We need to read this book--together
I hope this treasure chest doesn't get overlooked. Da Capo Press is relatively small, and the topic--essays on popular music--may seem too narrow to generate widespread interest. But believe me, this book is about us, and gives us as a nation--heck, as citizens of the ...

Reading Comics
Douglas Wolk

Perseus Books Group, 2007

James Brown's Live at the Apollo (33 1/3)

Douglas Wolk

Continuum, 2004

Yeeeeoooow! Hott.
Given a book-length space to fill, many magazine writers do what comes naturally: they write a book-length magazine article. Wolk, however, approaches his narrative from the top down, treating the long form with the reverence and intricate attention of a clockmaker ...

Gold Kiwi, Glass Ladle & You (A Community Cookbook), 2001

Reading Comics
Douglas Wolk

Perseus Books Group, 2007

Reading Comics: How Graphic Novels Work and What They Mean

Douglas Wolk

Da Capo Press, 2008

A pleasant discovery
I picked this book up on a whim from the new book section of our local library. Expecting it to be a dry and boring treatise on the "comics medium", I was pleasantly surprised to find a rather interesting book that brought new perspective to a medium I've been ...